When Lin Han arrived at "Baijing Township", it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon. Baijing Township is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is quite beautiful. It's just that with the development of more and more modern industries, as well as the progress of the so-called "civilization" of human beings, the ecological environment here is becoming more and more out of balance. Careful calculations show that in addition to the objective factors of nature itself, people's unrestrained consumption of resources is more important. Shi Jia once said that when he was a child, the deepest waist-length "Baijing River" at the entrance of the village flowed smoothly all day long, catching shrimp and fish in the river, and encircling the dam, which was a paradise for him and his partners.

Lin Han met Shi Jia who greeted him at the entrance of the village, gave him some of the fruits he bought, and the two of them walked through the village together and walked to his grandmother's house at the foot of the mountain. When the old man saw Lin Han coming, a reluctant smile still appeared on his melancholy face, and he let him into the house. Lin Han never mentioned the cat, put the big bags of food and nutritional products he brought, introduced them to his grandmother one by one, and told her and grandma which ones to eat every day.

Grandma Li was not very interested, and when Lin Han finished speaking, she pouted and said, "Xiaolin, grandma can't stand you, you didn't feed well, and died." Lin Han hurriedly said, "Grandma, don't worry, Shi Jiadu has already told me." The cat was a little pitiful, but after all, we took care of it and survived. Maybe it's congenitally disable, it shouldn't have a long lifespan, you think too much. ”

Grandma Li was silent, and after a while, she said: "The old woman has had a relationship with the old man these days, and it is suddenly gone, and my heart is strangely panicked." Lin Han carefully persuaded: "Grandma, birth, old age, sickness and death are very common, not to mention cats and dogs, even people, aren't they all the same in the end?" Don't let this affect your body. I'll go and get you another one another day. ”

Grandma Li hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Don't catch it, don't catch it." It's weird and fun when you raise it.,Once it's lost.、Die or something.,It's uncomfortable in the heart.,Forget it.。 Shi Jia tugged at his clothes, led Lin Han out of the house, came to the backyard, pointed to a small grave next to the pile of dirt bags and said: "Grandma didn't want to go, so she buried Lao Mo here, and set up this tomb, saying that she would come to see it every day, just like when it was alive." ”

Lin Han looked at the little grave and sighed: "When people are old, sometimes their minds will be the same as that of children. Some things can be thought of, and some things can't. Grandma is now depressed by the old man's dead heart, to put it bluntly, there is less sustenance in spirit and thought, you have to enlighten and persuade her more, and lead her to use her mind elsewhere. Looking intently around the grave, a few small green grasses had stubbornly and struggled out of the ground, swaying their fragile posture with the breeze, arbitrarily announcing its existence to the world.

The new grave and new soil, the dark and fine soil is surrounded and compacted by Grandma Li, which forms a sharp contrast with the adjacent light yellow soil bag. At the junction of the old and new soils, Lin Han found a small hook-shaped claw, carefully picked it up and put it in his hand to look at it. This claw was not very sharp and thick, on the contrary, it was very small and atrophied, if it wasn't for the unintentional color difference between the grave and the dirt bag to attract his eyesight, Lin Han would not have noticed its existence at all.

Shi Jia poked his head over and said, "It's the nails on Lao Mo's front paws, which began to fall off a few days ago, and grandma said at the time that Lao Mo was going to grow his body, and it was time to change the tips of his claws." Lin Han frowned and said, "That cat's front legs are congenitally short, and it is simply a cripple, so it stands to reason that its front paws will not develop at all...... One by one, it fell off, but I couldn't figure out why for a while, did it imply that its life was coming to an end? His heart shuddered, and a thought flashed through his mind.

Shi Jia didn't notice it, and said: "It's useless to analyze these now, let's go, Brother Han, stay here to eat tonight, and taste the bitter hemp cake baked by Aunt Sun's grandmother, which is fragrant and crispy, and will satisfy your appetite." I'll scramble a few more Tujia eggs for you, the oily ones are delicious, and they are absolutely different from the ones we eat in restaurants in the city. Lin Han nodded thoughtlessly, took out a useless business card, and carefully wrapped the little cat paw that was not half cut off.

Shi Jia was a little amused when he saw his move, and said: "You just asked me to persuade grandma, and now I have wrapped this thing like a baby, isn't it a little reluctant to be old, and you want to keep a thought?" Lin Han shook his head and said: "It's not that I want to keep any thoughts, I mainly want to study the real reason why its nails fell off, and keeping this may be able to help some." Shi Jia nodded and didn't ask any more.

Lin Han actually lied to him, thinking about the previous thoughts in his heart. Grandma Sun was in charge of the dinner, and Shi Jia was the deputy, and she made a lot of dishes. Grandma Sun was obviously in a good mood, and she poured a little white wine and drank it with the two children. Shi Jia kept picking vegetables for his grandmother, and then to Lin Han. peeked at grandma and saw that she still looked like she couldn't lift her spirits.

Lin Han looked at Grandma Li and said, "Grandma, we agreed before, you just go back to the countryside to live for a while, and you will move back in a few days." Shi Jia and I both work in the city, we can't follow you at any time, we are both very uneasy, have you thought about it, when do you plan to go back? We are now renting a big house and the environment is also very nice. ”

Grandma Li picked up a few stalks of celery and chewed them in her mouth, and said, "I'm not going back." The high-rise buildings in the city are breathless, where is the comfort of living in this countryside? You have moved to a new house again, and the neighbors are not familiar with each other, so it is not as good as the original Zhang family's aunt's miscellaneous courtyard...... By the way, how is the Zhang family's aunt and their family, have they been demolished and left? Do you know where she and Fucheng have moved? ”

Lin Han and Shi Jia glanced at each other, and hurriedly said: "I heard that we also went to the countryside temporarily, we were too busy after we moved away, and we couldn't go back to have a look, so we probably know this." Grandma Li was even more sad and sighed: "The people are also scattered, the old man is also dead, and some things are not easy to look back again." "About the fat aunt, Lin Han told Shi Jia not to tell her grandmother, that would not be a small stimulation for her, and she could hide it for as long as she could.

Lin Han said again: "That's not good, our house is big, and no one is worried about it." Now it's warm, and if you like to be in the country, you can stay for a while; After the summer, I had to move back to accompany us. He raised his glass and pretended to drink with Shi Jia, and glanced at him. Shi Jia understood, and then persuaded a few words, and Grandma Li ate the vegetables silently and stopped talking.

It was getting dark, and Lin Han still chose to go back after eating. Shi Jia didn't keep it, and said: "It's not good to live here, go back, I'll stay with my grandmother for another night, and I'll go back tomorrow night." Lin Han took out a thousand yuan and stuffed it into Grandma Li's hand after a fierce "dispute", saying that it was necessary to honor the old man. Then, accompanied by Shi Jia, he came to the highway, easily intercepted a taxi and rushed back to the city.

After Lin Han got off the car on Xiangjiang Street, he hurriedly entered a pharmacy, bought some gauze and anti-inflammatory drugs, and then went back to Liao Xue to ask for the key to open the door, and went directly into the house. Liao Xue was a little puzzled when she saw that he seemed to be very frizzy, but she didn't ask, looked at Lin Han's closed door and shook her head.

Lin Han has another big move. Today, I found the claws left by the old man at the grave, and at that time triggered the "inspiration" in my heart: it is true that the cat is dead, but the wilted hook and claw left behind should still come in handy. Wasn't his "development" because of Xiaolan's fierce grasp? If you do the same, you can do it with the claws of the old man...... This is not without reasoning logic, the little red with a broken leg is the next clear proof, and if you master its red mang, you can carry out a perspective against the sky, so the little old man of the same clan and clan should also have an unknown secret, although its body has returned to the ground as an ancient, but the hook and claw left behind were inadvertently picked up by themselves, and it was faintly arranged by providence?

Lin Han thought about the consequences, at most he had a fever and inflammation, and he didn't get anything. But if you don't give it a try, it's hard to suppress your curiosity. In the kitchen, he picked up the sharp fruit knife without hesitation, and gently cut a small hole on the back of his right hand, and blood gushed out instantly. With the help of the vegetable sink, Lin Han turned on the faucet and threw out the small amount of blood stains that flowed out as much as he could.

With the help of the bright headlights in the living room, Lin Han raised the hook and took a deep breath. After staring at it for a few seconds, he finally stopped hesitating and used the sharpest part of his hook to dig into the depths of the wound...... Pain ensues, but it is all within a tolerable range. Lin Hanping raised his right hand and clenched his fists, waiting for the wound to condense. At the same time, he lit a cigarette and thought wildly in his heart.

In the middle of the tension, the door slammed softly. Lin Han frowned, walked over and looked at Liao Xue in the door mirror, and then opened the door. Liao Xue held a dark plastic bag in both hands, entered the room and said: "I cleaned the dishes and chopsticks and cabinets today, and I just saw the suit you threw at the head of the bed, which was kneaded with pleats, you are really, don't you know how to hang up such expensive clothes?" I've already ironed it for you with an iron......" suddenly saw Lin Han's red right hand wound and was taken aback. I hurriedly put down my clothes and asked, "How did you do it?" Your hand hurts? ”

Lin Han didn't hide it, and said lightly: "I accidentally scratched it, and it only hurt the flesh and skin, and it didn't get in the way." "I was a little scared of Liao Xue's arrival at this time, last time because of her appearance, I lost the bird doll; I can't mess up my plans because of her today.